Bentong

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A language of Indonesia

ISO 639-3
bnu
Alternate Names
Bentong-Dentong, Dentong
User Population

10,100 (2010 census).

Location

South Sulawesi province: Barru, Bone, Pangkep, and Maros regencies; highland areas northeast of Makassar city.

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Language Status

6b* (Threatened).

Classification
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, South Sulawesi, Makassar
Dialects

None known. Reportedly most similar to Konjo [kjc].

Language Use

Some youth shifting to Indonesian [ind]. Also use Indonesian [ind].

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Bentong
Other Comments

‘Bentong’ and ‘Dentong’ are Bugis [bug] and Makasar [mak] exonyms meaning ‘nonfluent’, but the names do not have negative connotations to speakers themselves. Muslim, Christian.